Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

male, deceased (1879) (ULM, Germany)
This German born physicist is considered one of the world's greatest thinkers in history. Not only did he shape the way people think of time,...
Marie Curie

Marie Curie

female, deceased (1934)
Maria Skłodowska-Curie (born Maria Skłodowska; known in France and most other countries as Marie Curie; November 7, 1867 - July 4 1934) was a Po...
Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

male, 78 years old
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, surname more accurately romanized as Gorbachyov; born 2nd March 1931) is a Russian politician. He was the last...
Niels Bohr

Niels Bohr

male, deceased (1962)
Niels (Henrik David) Bohr was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for...
Albert Camus

Albert Camus

male, deceased (1960)
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher. Although he is often associated with existentialism, Camus...
Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat

male, deceased (2004)
Mohammed Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini, popularly known as Yasser Arafat, was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization...

José Saramago

male, 87 years old
José de Sousa Saramago, <small>GColSE</small&gt; is a Nobel-laureate Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist. His works commonly present s...
Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman

male, 75 years old
Daniel Kahneman (born March 5, 1934 in Tel Aviv), is an Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel laureate, notable for his pioneering work on...
Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres

male, 86 years old
"' (born Szymon Perski"' on August 2, 1923 in eastern Poland) is the 9th President of the State of Israel. He is a senior Israeli statesman with a...
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

male, deceased (1991)
Isaac Bashevis Singer (November 21, 1902 (see notes below) – July 24, 1991) was a Nobel Prize-winning Polish born American writer of both short st...